{"id":11269,"date":"2020-03-27T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=11269"},"modified":"2020-03-27T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T18:56:45","slug":"louie-bits-of-march-2020-clay-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=11269","title":{"rendered":"LOUIE bits of March 2020 &#8211;  Clay Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As March 2020 comes to close with minimal blog activity, this seemed like a good time to do a little recycling to make up for lost time.<\/p>\n<p>Our friend <strong>Clay Stabler<\/strong> has shared some assorted LOUIE bits over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/68073899480\/\">the LOUIE Party<\/a> located at Facebook, so with his permission, we&#8217;re bringing mo these bits to the Louie Report&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clay-stabler.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clay-stabler.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clay-stabler-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clay-stabler-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clay-stabler-400x278.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As fate would have it, today is also Clay&#8217;s birthday, so please join me in celebrating this very special day&#8230; which also happens to be my brother Tom&#8217;s birthday!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\n &#8211; <strong>E.P.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_______________<\/p>\n<p>1) <em>Here&#8217;s one for Stretch: <strong>Mick Fleetwood<\/strong> pounding out LL back in 1985. Anyone know more about this performance? <\/em>&#8211; Clay<\/p>\n<p>2) <em><strong>Scott Baio<\/strong> does LL! Here&#8217;s another TV show version from <strong>Full House<\/strong> S3E9 with Scott Baio, <strong>John Stamos<\/strong>, and cast. The John Stamos and <strong>David Coulier<\/strong> version on Full House S7E3 was documented on the Louie Report back in January 2019.<\/em> &#8211; Clay <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full House Music - Louis Louis\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EwXxx7hLFJM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>3) <em>Here&#8217;s one for <strong>Mike Hintze<\/strong>: Some Berlin night club &#8216;borrowed&#8217; your 2005 <strong>Nicholas Hintze<\/strong> version to advertise a special Louie Louie night show way back in 2007.<\/em> &#8211; Clay <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Der Lichtspielklub pr\u00e4sentiert: &quot;SHOUT LOUIE LOUIE!&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v6xMbQJIKxo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>4)  <em><strong>Thurston Moore<\/strong> of <strong>Sonic Youth<\/strong> talks about the influence of Louie Louie.<\/em> &#8211; Clay<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Granddads Corner #9 Thurston Moore: &quot;Louie Louie&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xQyiF5LOOx0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>5) <em>For those with some time on their (well-washed) hands, here&#8217;s a video of <strong>Dr. Christopher Doll<\/strong>&#8216;s 2014 lecture at the <strong>Rock Hall of Fame<\/strong> on the history of 60s R&#038;R with special emphasis on the impact of the &#8220;three chord vamp&#8221; from LL.  Our own EP gets a mention in the Q&#038;A session at the end!  This will all be familiar to our LLAMAS members, but it&#8217;s still worth a listen.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Doll also wrote an article for the 2012 Indiana Theory Review that digs even deeper into the music theory of LL and similar songs: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2137366\/A_Tale_of_Two_Louies_Interpreting_an_Archetypal_American_Musical_Icon_\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2137366\/A_Tale_of_Two_Louies_Interpreting_an_Archetypal_American_Musical_Icon_<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Some dense reading, but several excellent points about how <strong>Richard Berry<\/strong> transformed the riff and how LL is, per <strong>Frank Zappa<\/strong>, an &#8220;Archetypal American Music Icon&#8221; in rock music history.  Again our own EP gets a mention in a footnote!<\/em> &#8211; Clay<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS Lecture Series: Christoper Doll -- &quot;The Unlikely History of 1960s Rock and Roll&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XdH23gjR5ws?start=1690&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>6) <em>Been doing some serious LL searching whilst self-quarantined.  The LL discography on Wikipedia is now at 3000+ versions and still growing. Will share some of my discoveries as we approach International Louie Louie Day 2020.<\/em> &#8211; Clay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louie_Louie_discography\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louie_Louie_discography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Current total version count for all known LOUIE LOUIE recordings as of March 27, 2020 (10:56 am PDT): <strong>3200<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Incredible work!   Thank you again, Clay!!!<br \/>\nHAPPY BIRTHDAY!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As March 2020 comes to close with minimal blog activity, this seemed like a good time to do a little recycling to make up for lost time. 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